Mr. WEST RUSSELLasked the Minister of Health what were the total sums expended by the Exchequer in respect of tuberculosis in each of the seven years 1924 to 1930; were the sums expended conditional upon proportional expenditure by local authorities; and, if so, what were the proportional terms?
Sir H. YOUNGThe grants made by my Department for this purpose were as follow:
I. Grants towards the expenditure incurred by local authorities on the treatment of tuberculosis.
Year. £ 1923–24 … … 1,336,741 1924–25 … … 1,430,407 1925–26 … … 1,546,828 1926–27 … … 1,631,169 1927–28 … … 1,710,248 1928–29 … … 1,752,112 1929–30 … … 1,820,144 These grants included (1) a fixed annual grant of £340,788 in lieu of the sums previously available for the treatment of insured persons out of funds provided under the National Health Insurance Acts; (2) a grant equal to 50 per cent. of the approved net expenditure of local authorities on the treatment of tuberculosis after deducting the fixed grant.
II. Capital grants in aid of the erection or extension of institutions for the residential treatment of tuberculosis.
Year. £ 1923–24 … … … 87,070 1924–25 … … … 14,521 1925–26 … … … 18,679 1926–27 … … … 18,203 1927–28 … … … 27,320 1928–29 … … … 29,409 1929–30 … … … 25,496 These grants were made at the rate of £180 per bed, subject to a limit of three-fifths of the total cost.
Mr. RUSSELLasked the Minister of Health what were the total numbers of medical officers in each of the seven years 1924–30 engaged in the State organisation to combat tuberculosis in England and Wales; and what were the numbers concerned, respectively, with prevention and treatment?
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Sir H. YOUNGThe collection of these statistics will take some little time, but I will send my hon. Friend a statement giving the particulars he desires as soon as practicable.